J Bone marks 'Super Friends' anniversary

DC's Super Friends cover artist J Bone will supply interior art to celebrate the title's second anniversary.

In February the out-of-continuity series - inspired by the Mattel toy line of the same name - will feature DC's full roster of mad scientists.

"As to #24, I am, indeed, thrilled to be doing the interiors," the Eisner-nominated artist told Comic Book Resources. "This issue marks two years of doing covers for Super Friends. I've had so much fun drawing the covers for this book each and every month that I barely noticed the passing of time.

"[Series writer Sholly Fisch] supplied a list of villains, and pretty much every one of them has a villain spotlight moment in the story. I'm not exactly well versed in the extensive list of characters in the DC universe, so there were plenty villains I'd never even heard of.

"Many of them are incredibly alike in appearance. I tried my best to give each of them at least one unique physical characteristic in order to differentiate among the many bald dudes in lab coats. I like that Sholly pulls from old DC Justice League of America stories to populate the kid-friendly world of Super Friends."

Bone (Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Alison Dare) last contributed interior art to Super Friends on issue #18.